Senior Category Manager, Hu

Summary: This role sets the direction of the category team and leverages insights and learning from the broader category team to deliver strategic roadmaps, targets, and tracking.

Responsibilities
Category Strategy & Development

Identify headroom for growth, setting strategic targets on category share & channel distribution across the Hu & Enjoy Life portfolios.

Define category & competitive landscape informing brand × category roadmap for both annual planning and multi‑year planning.

Assess consumption performance vs. in‑year & longer‑term roadmaps.

Identify future fit categories in partnership with the innovation team.

Support channel & customer development (CCD) team in delivering category toolkits & influencing MAPs strategy.

Category Insights & Research

Set category learning objectives & required budgets in concert with the Category Insights Manager, Insight & Analytics partners, and Brand team.

Deliver regular category reporting to North America & North American Ventures businesses to illustrate brand priorities & latest learnings.

Utilize & prioritize suite of tools developed by the Category Insights Manager to identify gaps & opportunities for strengthening category × brand insights.

Category Team Leader

Ensure the category team delivers proper tracking to key metrics with robust reporting on category trends, competitive brand performance, consumer trends, and customer performance.

Support the Category Insights Manager in refreshing & expanding the master selling story for category reviews.

Unlock cross‑team communication to ensure alignment of objectives, research, and budgets across sales, brand, and IA teams.

Oversee team priorities & goal setting, support day‑to‑day management of the category team, and foster growth & development within the team.

Requirements

Dynamic, hands‑on leader with demonstrated success as both a top‑performing CPG salesperson and a leader on winning teams.

Deep understanding of Nielsen & Spins with the ability to develop a category story and key KPIs to outperform category growth.

Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing category insights and long‑term strategy growth.

Self‑starter with the ability to take insights from data and put them to action in conjunction with the RGM team.

Extensive experience developing and executing highly impactful selling strategies.

Adept at fostering strong partnerships with sales, marketing, and RGM to develop a cohesive strategy that meets all company objectives.

Fluent in Microsoft Office and Excel.

Salary and Benefits
The base salary range for this position is $122,000 to $167,750; the exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education and location. In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to participate in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for over‑achievement based on performance and company results.

Mondelez International offers the following benefits: health insurance, wellness and family support programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education related programs, paid holidays and vacation time. Some of these benefits have eligibility requirements. Many of these benefits are subsidized or fully paid for by the company. No relocation support available.

Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact 847‑943‑5460 for assistance.

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